What to get?

Unfortunately the company that I work for has made me redundant! Fortunately I have found a new and exciting career opportunity to go straight in to. This has left me with a bit of cash on the hip!!

I had set my heart on upgrading my K100D to a K7 and a couple of lenses. My thoughts have centered around the 18-55WR (and maybe the 50-200WR) Kit, plus a Tamron 90mm macro to replace my Micro-Nikkor 55mm and maybe a FA50mm f1.4.

That would be the limit of what I would want to spend. I have been reading reviews and opinions about the K7 and it has made begin to question what I would get out of the K7 – I love my K100D and have found ways to work around its limitations and am fairly happy with it.

The things that attract me to the body upgrade are: weather sealing, Pentaprism viewfinder, sdm compatibility (although there are doubts around the durability of this technology) live view for macro, mirror lock up, higher frame rate shooting plus the higher image quality. I shoot in raw anyway and usually in AP so some of the filters and modes would only be novelties.

I am not a habitual upgrader having only ever had 3 bodies during the 30 years I have been taking photos (An ME Super replaced due to theft by a SH Nikon FA and finally the K100D) so this would be my first upgrade without it being format driven and saving the £800/£900 from the body (+kit lenses) I could get a 21mm ltd, the 90mm macro plus a Tammy 70-200mm.

This is my dilemma! Do I want a K7? I’d like one! Will I appreciate what it gives me over the K100D? Well……………………….

Answers on a postcard………………(or via the forum!)

thanks in advance for your thoughts

MZ (with appologies for the length of the question and the waffle!)

Hi Steve

My same quandry at the moment. I am comtemplating a K7, over one of the 2 K10d's. 95% certain Im going to get one but still pondering..........

Regards


Paul

The K20D and K7 are big steps up from the K10D in terms of picture quality.